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Enrollment
712
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD·NCES 483714009026
General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School
2801 W EISENHOWER ST, RIO GRANDE CITY, TX 78582 · (956) 370-4786 · Starr County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
671 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 125 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +56.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
74.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +64.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 56 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 64 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 39.0% | 17.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 48.0% | 26.0% | 11.0% | 15.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 68.0% | 74.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 10.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School
General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School this school | 712 | 94.2% | 63.0% |
| Champion Elementary School BROWNSVILLE | 710 | 94.8% | 47.3% |
| IDEA Academy Pharr PHARR | 717 | 93.7% | 42.6% |
| Maria Alicia P Munoz Elementary School DONNA | 688 | 95.1% | 31.4% |
| Carroll T Welch Elementary School EL PASO | 676 | 94.1% | 33.8% |
| John McKeever Elementary School ALAMO | 699 | 92.4% | 42.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Starr County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #614 of 4,401 | #7 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #301 of 4,466 ▼ 122 | #7 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #849 of 4,466 ▼ 288 | #8 of 16 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.0pp | #368 of 3,998 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #843 of 4,938 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #4,034 of 4,622 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.2% | #4,457 of 4,628 | #4 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #598 of 4,789 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #2,675 of 2,838 | #10 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
712
+35 (+5%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 808
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 712 | 41 | 17.4:1 | 94% (671) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 46.9 | 15.6:1 | 93% (683) |
| 2022-23 | 796 | 49.3 | 16.1:1 | 95% (755) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 93% (629) |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 48.9 | 14.9:1 | 97% (706) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 79% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 808 | 49 | 16.5:1 | 3% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (729 to 712); teachers down 16% (48.9 to 41).
About General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School
Families in RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas, are served by General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 712 students. Enrollment is 37% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD has 15 schools and 9,316 students, and General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School is one of those schools.
Most students at General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School are Hispanic: 99% of enrollment. County-wide, about 97% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School comes in at 2%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1 at General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 94%. Across public schools in Starr County, the average is about the same, 93%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School scores 29.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 63.0% actual versus 33.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Starr County, median household income is about $37,639, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 31% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Starr County number 29 and enroll about 16,900.
The next-closest public school is IDEA Rio Grande City College Preparatory, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 63.0% against a local average of 45.5%.
The NCES locale for General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 677 to 712. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.4:1) than in 2020-21 (15.0:1).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Starr County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
66,067
Census ACS
Median income
$37,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
31%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
16,900 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD
- Rio Grande City High SchoolHigh · 1,670 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Grulla High SchoolHigh · 716 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
- Grulla Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Roque Guerra Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 604 students
Other schools in RIO GRANDE CITY
- Rio Grande City High SchoolHigh · 1,670 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- IDEA Rio Grande City AcademyElementary · 717 students
- Grulla High SchoolHigh · 716 students
- IDEA Rio Grande City College PreparatoryHigh · 695 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 639 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Rio Grande City College Preparatory0.4 mi · 695
- IDEA Rio Grande City Academy0.4 mi · 717
- Veterans Middle School0.4 mi · 734
- Ringgold Middle School0.6 mi · 639
- Preparatory for Early College High School0.6 mi · 430
- Roque Guerra Jr Elementary School2.0 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary SchoolHow large is General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School?
General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School enrolls approximately 712 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School serve?
General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School have?
General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School?
General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School?
General Ricardo Sanchez Elementary School is overseen by RIO GRANDE CITY GRULLA ISD in Starr County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.